Born in Graz, Austria, 1973."Masterclasses of Art & Design" (section sculpturing) with Diploma, HTL Ortwein, Graz, Austria (2003-05)Confirmation of completion as an artist by Erwin Wurm, University of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria (2005)Entrepreneur Exam, (Chamber of Commerce) Graz, Austria (1998)Master's Exam for...
Read MoreBorn in Graz, Austria, 1973.
"Masterclasses of Art & Design" (section sculpturing) with Diploma, HTL Ortwein, Graz, Austria (2003-05)
Confirmation of completion as an artist by Erwin Wurm, University of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria (2005)
Entrepreneur Exam, (Chamber of Commerce) Graz, Austria (1998)
Master's Exam for Pastries & Confectionery Arts (1994)
Additional classes like: "Nude painting" classes at the University of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria
"Painting Summer Academy" at Hortus Niger, Halbenrain, Austria etc.
Gerhard is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and sculptor and has worked over 20 years on the highest, possible level as a Master Pastry Chef and Master Chocolatier around the globe. He won Gold at the 'Culinary Olympics" in Berlin, which is the highest possible achievement within the industry and was also awarded as "Master Chocolatier of the year" in the US (2017). Since then he has worked full-time as an artist and does a lot of individual projects and commissioned artworks, presentations on stage and performances around the globe for corporate companies, wealthy clients, TV-stations, Academies, Institutes, festivals, shows, galleries and museums. He is a pioneer in establishing "chocolate crystals" as an art-form.
He has received 8 gold medals internationally,
23 awards and far over
200 + publications in several media on 4 continents so far.
Further on he has launched three books:
1) "Science meets chocolate art" (2020), where chocolate artworks are paired with science experts from NIHS (CH), AMOLF (NL), Stanford University (US) and many others. A Novum.
2) "Chocolate Crystals - the soul of chocolate" (2018)
3) "The chocolate table" Hong Kong project (2018).
Since 2005 he has spent more of his energy on creating artworks in bronze, stone and mixed media in order to explore the creative universe outside his chocolate bubble and has completed 26 exhibitions in 2023 only around the globe (US, CAN, Spain, CH, UK, France, Greece etc.). Check out his website please, to see his latest sculptures.
